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SciLinux: SLSA-2017:0654-1 Moderate: coreutils Race Condition Fix

Calendar Apr 05, 2017 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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security advisory moderate bug fix race condition coreutils SL6
Moderate: coreutils security and bug fix update 
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2017 15:12:15 -0000
Reply-To: scientific-linux-users@
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Pat Riehecky 
Subject: Security ERRATA Moderate: coreutils on SL6.x i386/x86_64
MIME-Version: 1.0
Message-ID: <20170405151215.5172.49327@slpackages.fnal.gov>

Synopsis: Moderate: coreutils security and bug fix update
Advisory ID: SLSA-2017:0654-1
Issue Date: 2017-03-21
CVE Numbers: CVE-2017-2616
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Security Fix(es):

* A race condition was found in the way su handled the management of child
processes. A local authenticated attacker could use this flaw to kill
other processes with root privileges under specific conditions.
(CVE-2017-2616)
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SL6
 x86_64
 coreutils-8.4-46.el6.x86_64.rpm
 coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-46.el6.x86_64.rpm
 coreutils-libs-8.4-46.el6.x86_64.rpm
 i386
 coreutils-8.4-46.el6.i686.rpm
 coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-46.el6.i686.rpm
 coreutils-libs-8.4-46.el6.i686.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team